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Countries pledge $1.5bn for Sudan crisis as war enters fourth year

civil war since April 2023 when fighting erupted between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a long-simmering power struggle. Nearly 34 million people inside Sudan need humanitarian assistance, and more

'The weapons were loud, but there was always music': Sudanese band play on through the war

2023, traumatised by the sight of dead bodies, destroyed buildings and burnt-out cars in the streets of the capital, Khartoum. "It was like something out of a zombie movie," Timon tells the [BBC Focus

‘Erosion of a country’s future’: What has the war cost Sudan?

civil war, Sudan has become unrecognisable with more than 40,000 people killed, about 14 million of its people – a quarter of the population – forced to flee their homes and civilian infrastructure across the country

Sudanese army captures key town near Ethiopian border from RSF

civil war with the paramilitary [Rapid Support Forces](/news/2023/4/16/sudan-unrest-what-is-the-rapid-support-forces) (RSF) that’s been raging for more than [three years](/news/2026/4/14/drones-iran-war-escalating-horror-as-sudan-war-enters-fourth-year). The Sudanese army said in a statement on Friday that it had seized the town

Rights group accuses UAE of being transit point for mercenaries on way to Sudan

civil war. The UAE denies claims it recruited and trained foreign fighters in its territory. "The UAE does not permit its territory to be used for the recruitment, training, financing or transit of foreign fighters

What is the Azawad Liberation Front, part of the Mali attacks?

Sudan – in 1960, that demand intensified. Tuaregs and Arabs predominantly occupy northern Mali. They have closer ties with populations in Algeria, northern Niger and parts of Mauritania than with the Bambara people, who make